Robyn Burton: Assignment #3

At the Personal Adornment runway show last Thursday many students created some wonderful pieces to wear that were made from some unusual things. I think what made some pieces shine over others was the music choice, the presence of how the model or models walked down the runway, and the meanings behind why everyone choose to make their pieces. It also seemed like an interesting process to take a material that you'd never think to be able to be worn like q-tips or a twister game board and make it wearable. After seeing all these materials come down the runway it became exciting to watch.

The first piece to catch my eye was Melanie Ortiz's "Barbie 2 point-uh-oh," with make-up done by Jaryn Wilcox. The piece was made out of stretch polyester, plastic sheeting, yarn, wire, hot glue, and plastic soda bottles. Along with the materials the model had drawings of plastic surgery dotting all over her body and walked like a plastic barbie. The idea was about body image, and having a barbie like figure that the media and society pressures on women. I think that the piece had a good message and was made very well to get the point across.

The next piece to catch my eye was Heather Higgins's "Bandaged in my Parents' Cancer," with make up done by Phil Czekner and her as the model. This piece was made out of cheesecloth, canvas, MX Dyes, zippers, safety pins, and an I.V. pole. This piece was to Heather's parents who both suffered from different cancers who both survived them, but also dedicated to those who have lost their lives to cancer. This piece was very heart wrenching especially with her presence of walking slowly down the runway with the sound of a heart monitor behind her that goes flat. I think this piece was very strong in symbolizing the suffering of those with cancer.

The last piece that I considered with the best alteration of a material and one of the best of the show was by Amanda Cotellese titled "Twister," with model Julia Layman. This piece was made out of 4 Twister games boards, cardboard, paint and staples. It was a fun way to turn a game into a wearable piece, and just seemed very well put together. Also the presence of the model and the music behind it made it a fun, and gave you the feel that it was meant to be on the runway.

I think all together it was a great show and everyones work was well put together and well thought out in manipulating a material to making it something wearable.